School: St Theresa's, Coachford (roll number 14022)
- Location:
- Cluain Téide Mhór, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Timothy Forde
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“Magpies - Should we meet one It is for luck...”
(continued from previous page)you first see the new moon through the window it is said you will have no luck for a month.- Tim Roche has been ploughing since he left school and has won in all 24 prizes. He got 9 firsts, 8,2nd prizes, 5,3rd prizes, 2,4th prizes including two silver cups and one gold medal and a silver medal. He represented Cork in the All Ireland Ploughing Competition at Athenry, Co Galway February 1934 together with Pat Murphy, Coachford and Con Kelleher, Whitechurch and gained 5th place being beaten by only points for 3rd place, an achievement which no other Cork man gained since the start of the All-Ireland Competition. The prizes won are as follows:-
1st prize -- Coachford 1909
1st prize -- Cloghroe, Inniscarra 1912
1st prize -- Rylane 1917
2nd prize -- Canovee 1918
3rd prize -- Canovee 1919
1st prize -- Ballyglass, Grenagh 1920(continues on next page)- Collector
- Tom Connell
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cúil an Chollaigh, Co. Chorcaí
- Informant
- T. Roche
- Age
- 50
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Cill Ghobnait, Co. Chorcaí